Chapter 132 bite
"General, Zhuangqian has been taken down by our army!"
"How is the movement of the Qing dog?" Dong Dashan didn't care about the front of the village. He had occupied more than ten places since landing, but the rebels had not occupied a long time. The purpose of this time was to attack Su Song's Qing army rather than grab territory. If each place was divided into garrisons, it would be impossible with the rebels' strength.
"This..." Qianhu hesitated when he heard Dong Dashan's question.
"Reply directly!"
"Return to the general, our army did not find Qing dogs before we arrived in the village. Only some local people saw that our army had no resistance at all. According to the general's previous instructions, they had driven these people to Suzhou..." Qianhu replied with an embarrassing expression. It turned out that there was no Qing army defense in front of the village, and there was no war before taking the village.
"I understand, you go down." Dong Dashan waved his hand and sent the other party away, then looked at the map placed on the table. This map was specially drawn by Zhu Yicheng. Although it is not as detailed as the map of later generations, it is considered relatively accurate compared to the map of today.
Since landing, the Rebels and the Qing army have fought many times. Because the Qing army was not prepared in advance, and the disastrous defeat of the Yangtze River Navy led to the depressed morale of the Qing army in the local area. In addition, the main force of Susong Town was not present, so the Rebels fought against the weak in several battles, and it was easy to win.
According to estimates, after several battles, the local Qing army was wiped out about a thousand people, and the local officials and gentry organized nearly 3,000 troops. The rebel army suffered only less than 100 people, which was a lot of gains. However, as the rebel army continued to sweep Susong, the local Qing army knew that it was impossible to get behind the enemy. As for the people everywhere they attacked, they fled to Suzhou under the drive of Dong Dashan.
Nearly ten days have passed since the war started after landing. Judging from the situation, the rebels have the upper hand, but Dong Dashan dared not neglect at all, because he knew that the main force of the Qing army had arrived in Suzhou from Jiangning, and the two sides were still strong compared to the Qing army. If the main force of Susong Town returned, it would be even more difficult to fight.
After thinking about it, Dong Dashan decided to continue to march towards Niu Maoxu, and acted as if he was directly inserted into the vital points of Wuxi and Suzhou to force the Qing army in Suzhou to take action. In addition, the other two troops also moved closer to the Central Army and took the initiative to mobilize the Qing army to attack.
At the same time, Shi Yide in Suzhou also saw the purpose of the Ningbo army and judged that the probability of Ningbo army directly attacking Suzhou was extremely small. However, the anxiety was getting worse and worse in Shi Yide's heart. In his opinion, it would be easier if Ningbo attacked Suzhou directly. With the city defense of Suzhou and the gathering of Qing troops, he was completely sure to attack the Ningbo army under Suzhou City. But now Ningbo is just sweeping all the way, destroying the local area and driving away the people, which is clearly a strategy to avoid strong attacks on the weak and corrupt places.
In this way, Shi Yide's stationing troops in Suzhou became a joke. Even if Suzhou was nothing in the end, the Susong area was disrupted by the Ningbo army, the place was destroyed, the people were displaced, and the people were rampant against Qing forces among the people, so he could not explain as the admiral of Jiangnan.
Even if someone submits a memorial to Kangxi to tell him to avoid the enemy and not fight, Shi Yide will be even more indescribable. In fact, now Zhang Boxing has begun to urge Shi Yide to take the initiative to fight to quell the chaos in Susong as soon as possible.
"Mr. Admiral, the rebels have attacked the village and are now advancing towards Niumaowei. In addition, the other two rebels are also moving towards Niumaowei." On this day, when Shi Yide, Zhang Boxing, Qian Dachang and others were discussing, the scout came to report.
"Niomaoxu?" Everyone was stunned. Although Niomaoxu was a small place, it could be directly inserted into Suzhou and Wuxi from Niomaoxu to the southwest. If you go north, it will directly threaten Jiangyin and Changzhou.
"General Shi, the rebels are too rampant. You must never let the rebels be so carefree. Once the rebels defeat Niu Maoxu, what if they turn around and attack Wuxi? Please send troops to eliminate the rebels quickly!" Zhang Boxing said anxiously. With more and more people fleeing in Suzhou City these days, the pressure on him is getting greater and greater. Before, Suzhou's major generals were scarce, but now Shi Yide's army has arrived. Why not attack as soon as possible to destroy the rebels?
Shi Yide's face looked a little ugly. Ningbo's attack on Niu Maoxu made him hesitate because he was not sure about Ningbo's real intention of doing this, but under the current circumstances, he dared not bet. If Ningbo really turns around and fights Wuxi or even Jiangyin, then his army will be useless in Suzhou.
Once Wuxi, Jiangyin, or even Changzhou is taken over by Ningbo, it doesn’t make much sense even if Suzhou City is present. If the rear road is cut off, the Suzhou defenders will inevitably collapse without any defeat. Shi Yide must react.
Thinking of this, Shi Yide nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang said that I have decided to send troops immediately. Please rest assured by Lord Zhang."
Hearing this, Zhang Boxing breathed a sigh of relief. Shi Yide agreed to fight. The pressure of fighting in Suzhou could be relieved a lot. Then everyone discussed it. Shi Yide decided that he would lead the headquarters and Xuzhou Town to send troops a total of 10,000 troops. As for Suzhou, the general Qian Dachang was left behind, and the three thousand eight banners of General Jiangning were also left behind.
On the second day, Shi Yide went from Suzhou to Niumaowei, and the journey from Suzhou to Niumaowei was not far. If it was fast, it would be only one day. Who would have thought that when he arrived at Niumaowei, he did not find any shadow of the Ningbo army. After investigation, he learned that the Ningbo army had only acted as an attack on Niumaowei and beaten a little, but he retreated voluntarily yesterday afternoon.
"Retreat? Where did you go?" Shi Yide hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the movements of the Ningbo army. Soon, news came that the Ningbo army was discovered in Sangjiazhuang north of the north.
"Sangjiazhuang? The rebels are still in Sangjiazhuang? How many people are there?" Shi Yide asked. When he learned that the Ningbo army in Sangjiazhuang had about 6,000 people, Shi Yide was overjoyed.
It seems that Ningbo has received news that Shi Yide sent troops, so he took the initiative to retreat to Sangjiazhuang. In this case, the other party still adopted the tactic of avoiding fighting and preparing to continue to sweep. Since this is the case, Shi Yide decided to bite the thieves in Sangjiazhuang. If he could swallow this thief in one bite, Su Song's crisis would have been greatly improved.
Sure enough, when Shi Yide attacked Sangjiazhuang, the forward soon came to report that he had contacted Ningbo. The opponent resisted fiercely, and both sides had casualties in the battle, but in the end, the Qing army's front team had the upper hand and defeated the rebels.
In this battle, the Qing army captured more than 200 rebels and more than 1,000 rebels fled to Sangjiazhuang. After hearing the news, Shi Yide was overjoyed and led his troops to continue pursuing.
From Niumaowei to Sangjiazhuang, Ningbo rebels gradually resisted, but their resistance gradually weakened. The second day, the main force of the Qing army had appeared south of Sangjiazhuang, and the Ningbo army in Sangjiazhuang had not yet had time to retreat. Looking at the chaotic Sangjiazhuang, Shi Yide firmly believed that Ningbo rebels were in his pocket.
"Haha! Hahaha!" Thinking of this, Shi Yide couldn't help but laugh to the sky.
"Why are the military gate laughing?" a tactful guy next to him asked quickly.
The horse whip in his hand pointed at Sangjiazhuang: "I thought the Ningbo rebels were amazing. I thought that Admiral Shi had suffered a great loss under the Ningbo rebels before, so he had to be careful. But who would think that the rebels were rebels? This group of mobs is not afraid of..."
It seems that the navy's disastrous defeat was probably because Ningbo's side recruited Shi Shipiao's Fujian Navy, while Ningbo's army was still a mob. If he had known this, Shi Yide should have taken the initiative to find the enemy when he led his troops south. In addition, Ningbo rebels have not attacked Suzhou but only swept and plundered various places in Susong, which is probably because of their weak combat effectiveness.
Looking not far away, the chaotic thieves in Sangjiazhuang were all in Shi Yide's eyes. He even saw that many thieves did not even have formal weapons in their hands, and there were many people holding farm tools in their hands. For an army like this, he was so careful before. Now what he had seen with his own eyes, so what else was he worried about?
Now the thief is in front of him. When will he not attack? Shi Yide immediately ordered an attack on Sangjiazhuang. Seeing the thief so panicked, the officers and soldiers of the Green Camp also boosted their morale. The whole army pressed forward together, trying to swallow the thief in Sangjiazhuang with a thunderous force.
Sangjiazhuang said it was a village, but it was actually a town. The place was big or small. When the Qing army began to attack, the rebels in the village went through initial chaos and rebelled under the command of its leader. It was not easy for the Qing army to capture for a while, but as time went by, less than an hour, the Qing army finally entered the village after hundreds of casualties.
At this time, Shi Yide was sure that there was no suspense in this battle. He ordered all troops to surround Sangjiazhuang and not escape a rebel. The sound of fighting in the village was filled with scenes of Qing army chasing rebels everywhere. It seemed that it would not take long before Sangjiazhuang could be taken down, and the rebels would be wiped out.
At this time, Shi Yide was secretly proud in his heart. As long as this rebel was destroyed, it would be much easier for Su Song to calm down next. As for the Ningbo Navy, Shi Yide didn't care. In his opinion, no matter how powerful the Ningbo Navy was, it was just on the water. Could it be that the navy still gave birth to four legs and ran to the land?
When all the rebels on Susong land were wiped out, the Ningbo navy would inevitably retreat. If there was a chance, he could even take advantage of the victory to attack Ningbo directly from Zhejiang. As for whether he was the admiral of Jiangnan to attack across borders, this is a later story. Who told Yin Huaxing to transfer the main force of Susong Town to the beginning? I think that because of this, Yin Huaxing had nothing to say.
Suddenly, a cannon fire brought Shi Yide back to reality from his thoughts.
"Where are you shooting? Who is shooting?" Shi Yide asked subconsciously, but as soon as he finished speaking, a subordinate ran over with horror: "The military gate is not good! I found thieves on the east, south and west sides, and the number...the number cannot be calculated..."
Chapter completed!